Cairns

Happy Birthday Uncle Paul.  A low key day today.  We left Mossman and headed to Cairns to collect my phone from Coles after leaving it in a shopping trolley over a week ago.  How lucky to get it back and how honest of the trolley boy to hand it in.  From there we mulled over which route to take to Atherton, our planned destination for the day, as the trip back into Cairns had us going up the windiest track.  We decided to stay put in Cairns for the night back at the Big 4 Coconut Palms to give it some thought.  The kids were ecstatic.  Rick went into town to do a few jobs and I took the kids across to the waterpark and then swimming pool for a dip. They had a ball and Mr Zachie kept me very busy chasing him around the pool and out of the spa.  A quick duck into town for a present for Miss Chontelle's upcoming 1st birthday and we were back in time for cheese and bikkies and a chit chat with other caravaners. The kids were most concerned we'd miss it and harassed poor daddy to hightail it home. Needless to say they scoffed a serious amount of cheese cubes and jatz bikkies to make up for lost time. A BBQ for dinner and I was very glad to get our chickens to bed.  Zachie lost the plot in the shower.  The late nights and lack of lunch time sleep over the past few days have worn him out.  He is getting very bossy and I see visions of things to come, so bed couldn't come quick enough for him or me.